What is the emphasis on Feng Shui in Chaowang Courtyard and Plant Courtyard?
It is helpful to reduce the radiation and pollution caused by various items in modern homes, and it can also release oxygen through light and action to provide fresh air for homes. Although the aura of trees is very important to us, not all trees can bring good luck. Some trees can't be planted in the yard because they will lose face. Let's take a look at the auspicious plants of courtyard geomantic omen.
Feng Shui, a thriving garden plant.
1, bamboo
Bamboo is a symbol of elegance and exquisiteness. It is not afraid of the wind in the southeast and northwest, and it can also be the best choice for home feng shui to protect the feng shui of forest gardens. According to modern plant taxonomy, bamboo is a gramineous plant. Poems and songs about bamboo in past dynasties have been praised one after another. Bamboo is closely related to people's livelihood. Bamboo can be used to build houses, make pens, make paper and make furniture. Scholars regard bamboo as a saint and a gentleman. The virtue of bamboo makes people want to live with sages, so there is a saying that "it is better to eat without meat than to live without bamboo". In China bamboo culture, bamboo is compared to a gentleman. In Chinese painting, pine, bamboo and plum are often called "three friends of the old and the cold". Wu Qing Tu is pine, bamboo, plum, moon and water, and Wu Rui Tu is pine, bamboo, mysterious, orchid and longevity stone, which often appear in painters' works. Many bamboos have cultural connotations. Such as: Phyllostachys bambusa (xiangfei bamboo), Cizhu (also known as Zhu Xiaozhu and Zi Muzhu), Arhat bamboo, Polygonatum odoratum, Tianzhu, Nanda bamboo and so on. If Tianzhu is combined with pumpkin and Catharanthus roseus into a pattern, the homophonic meaning can constitute the meaning of "Changchun in heaven and earth" and "everlasting". Bamboo is also homophonic "bamboo", which has the customary meaning of good wishes.
2. Toona sinensis
Planting Toona sinensis in the courtyard is a symbol of longevity, and later generations take it as their father's name, which has the function of protecting the hospital and praying for longevity in geomantic omen. Toona sinensis seeds mean many children and grandchildren. Trees that are considered to be long-lived are auspicious. Zhuangzi? Xiaoyao Travel Cloud: "Those who had big stumps in ancient times took 8,000 years as spring and 8,000 years as autumn". "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "A test of coffin longevity". People often celebrate their birthdays with "Spring Year" and "Spring Order". Because Toona sinensis has a long life, it is often used to refer to his father. His father, Xuan refers to his mother. There is a cloud in Zhu Quan's "Golden Hairpin" in the Ming Dynasty: "Unfortunately, there is a funeral in Chunting, and I deeply rely on Xuantang to teach my adults." In addition, in some areas (such as southwest Shandong), on New Year's Eve, children will touch and walk around Toona sinensis to promote rapid growth. In some places, on the morning of the first day of the first month, children read "Toona sinensis, Toona sinensis, you are the king, you grow thick, I grow long".
3. Citrus (orange tree)
"Orange" and "auspicious" are homophonic, symbolizing good luck, and the fruit is red and yellow, beaming. Potted tangerine is an important decoration for people's families in the Spring Festival, and orange leaves have the function of soothing the liver and relieving depression, which can bring joy to families. Qu Yuan once praised the shape and quality of oranges with Ode to Oranges. Oranges are spiritual, and legends can make things happen. Others think that orange is the change of Beidou Tianxing. The actual value is mainly that the fruit is delicious and edible, the skin and core can be used as medicine, and the planting has economic benefits. In folk customs, oranges are homophonic with auspicious words, and oranges are used to pray for good luck. Kumquat can be auspicious. Hangzhou area "New Year's Day, sign the cypress branches in the persimmon, and inherit them with the big orange, that is, everything is fine."
4. osmanthus tree
According to legend, there are osmanthus trees in the middle of the month, and osmanthus is also called osmanthus. Ramulus Cinnamomi can be used as medicine to dispel wind and reconcile. Osmanthus fragrans symbolizes nobility. Osmanthus fragrans is a natural air freshener with a fragrant smell in summer. Wealth and good luck have always been valued. Guangxi is mostly produced in the south of China, and there are many kinds of Guangxi, including Dangui, Jingui, Yin Gui, Myanmar and Liushugui. Among them, Dangui, Jingui and Yin Gui are named after red, yellow and white. Gui Xiang blooms in August (the lunar calendar). Therefore, August is also called "Gui Yue". Osmanthus fragrans has a strong aroma and can be used as tea and medicine bait. Custom regards osmanthus as an auspicious plant. Imperial High School has always been called "the laurel is broken in the middle of the month" and "the laurel tree is broken". In the past, it was called "Gui Lan Qifang". Yin Gui is "expensive", which means prosperity. Some customs, the bride wears sweet-scented osmanthus, the fragrance is "expensive". The combination of laurel and lotus seed is "the birth of your son"; The picture of Gui and Shou Tao is "Your Longevity" and so on.
5. Palm (palm tree)
Not only has ornamental value, but also the trunk can be used as a pavilion column. Brown hair can be used as medicine, which has the functions of astringing and stopping bleeding, attending hematemesis and metrorrhagia, and has the functions of making money and protecting money in geomantic omen.
6. Sophora japonica
The wood of Sophora japonica is hard, which can be used as greening tree, street tree and so on. It is considered to represent the "land" in Feng Shui. In ancient times, the imperial court planted three locust trees and nine spines, and the official doctor sat below, facing the three locust trees, which was the three fairs. Later, it was convenient to plant locust trees in the yard. Sophora japonica is the highest grade of all trees, and the town house is authoritative. There are locusts at the door, which is the main wealth. There is a folk proverb: "a tree in front of the door is either a treasure or a fortune." As an auspicious tree species. It is considered to be "the essence of spiritual stars" and has the ability to arbitrate litigation. The drama "Fairy Couple" also has the plot of getting married under Huaiyin tree and then sending the children under Huaiyin tree. "Flower Mirror" says: "Many people are planted in front of the hospital, one takes its shade, and the other takes Sanhuai as a good omen, expecting the meaning of the future generations." In addition, Sophora japonica can also be used as medicine. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "The buds of Sophora japonica can be fried with boiling water and used for contemporary tea drinking. Or picking locust seeds in the boundary and picking seedlings are also good. " "Bao Puzi" said: "This thing can nourish the brain. Take it early and you will not die. " Sophora japonica is beneficial to people, often used for greening, and is also indispensable for feng shui layout.
7. Acorus calamus
Acorus calamus is a perennial herb. Most of them are wild, but they are also suitable for planting in the green space next to the house. Compendium of Materia Medica says that Acorus calamus is "the one who is prosperous in Pu". Folklore believes that its flowers are expensive and its taste makes people live longer. In ancient China, Acorus calamus was regarded as the regeneration of stars. Legend has it that cattail flowers are loved by people. Acorus calamus is widely used in folk customs and is regarded as an auspicious vegetation to ward off evil spirits.
8. Education and Industrial Mathematics (abbreviation for Mathematics in Education and Industry)
Plum trees have a strong adaptability to the soil, with five petals, which mean "plum blossoms in Five Blessingg" and can enhance the happiness of the family. At the turn of winter and spring, plum blossoms are in full bloom, which is known as "Primula". Mei Mei is a woman, a bamboo husband and a plum wife. The wedding banquet has the word "bamboo and plum are all happy". Boys and girls are called "childhood friends". Mei's personality is proud of frost and snow, and there is a saying of "four virtues": "Mei has four virtues, life is yuan, flowers are constant, fruits are beneficial, and maturity is festival." The five petals of plum blossom symbolize Five Blessingg: happiness, happiness, longevity, smoothness and peace. China's Yin-Yang and Five Elements and Jin Mu's Fire, Water and Earth. Shoulian often says "Five Blessingg plum blossoms and three bamboo flowers" (three bamboo leaves), which means good luck. Garden planting and bonsai have ornamental value. Mei has "four treasures": treasure but not dense, treasure but not tender, treasure but not fat, treasure but not open. Therefore, it is appropriate to describe beauty with "twice scored".
9. Banyan Tree
It means "tolerance is great, but no desire is just", which helps to improve self-cultivation.
10, jujube tree
Jujube is a common tree species next to residential buildings in China. Wood is hard. It can be used to make utensils and woodcuts. Ancient books were once called "jujube books". When the fruit is eaten, it can "tonify the middle and replenish qi, and serve the immortals for a long time" (Herbal Classic). Jujube trees bear fruit early, and young trees can bear fruit. There is a folk proverb in the north: "peaches, apricots and pears take five years, and jujube trees pay in the same year", which shows that it is effective quickly. Planting jujube trees in the yard is a metaphor for my son getting up early and leading others in everything. Jujube is homophonic "early", and the folk taste has jujube chestnut (or litchi) pattern, which is homophonic "early fruit" In the wedding ceremony, there is a combination of jujube and longan as a gift, homophonic "early birth of your son", and the wedding uses jujube, chestnut and peanuts to "spread the bill" for good luck.
1 1, chestnuts
Chestnuts are edible and medicinal, which has positive significance. In ancient times, chestnuts were the gods (the spirit tablet of the deceased), and the gods of ancestral halls were called "chestnuts". The ancients used it to express a woman's sincerity, which is beneficial to family and beauty. Chestnuts are homophonic with "Lizi" and are the mascots for finding children. Jujube, chestnut, peanut, pomegranate, etc. , often used in wedding tables or tents or the bride's arms to obtain auspicious customs and culture.
12, pomegranate
It contains auspicious signs of many children and many blessings, which is very rich. According to the medical records unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb, there were pomegranates in China as early as the Western Han Dynasty. There are many poems about pomegranate in ancient China. In the custom culture, it is considered that "a hundred pomegranates" is a symbol of "many children and many blessings". In fact, pomegranate flowers are as red as fire, and the fruit can quench thirst and stop drunkenness, which has aesthetic and practical value and is widely planted in residents' courtyards.
13, Grape
Vines twine around vines to symbolize intimacy. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that Tanabata meets under the grape trellis. It is also a great pleasure to enjoy the cool in the shade of grapes in summer.
14, Indus River
Indus is a kind of paulownia. Tung trees include tung trees, paulownia trees, tung trees with purple flowers, tung trees with white flowers and sycamore trees. Tung tree has many uses. Tung tree can extract oil, paulownia is the coolest, and phoenix tree is suitable for making piano. The Indus River is regarded as a spiritual tree, capable of completing current events. The spirituality of the phoenix tree is said to attract the phoenix. The Book of Songs? Daya？ Volume A says: Phoenix is ringing, in Gorkon. The phoenix tree was born in the morning. Zou Bo's Audio-visual Record in the Song Dynasty said: The phoenix is the only refuge of the phoenix. In myths and legends, the phoenix is a divine bird. Indus, which can attract the phoenix, is naturally a magical plant. Xiangrui's phoenix tree is often combined with magpie in the pattern, which is homophonic and festive, and also implies auspiciousness.
15, loose
Pine is a highly respected plant in ancient and modern times. Pine trees are cold-resistant and drought-resistant, can grow in cool and dry rock crevices, are evergreen in winter and summer, and the frost does not fade, so they can be proud of frost and snow. Pine and cypress can prolong life, and folk birthday words often say, "Happiness is like flowing water in the East China Sea, and longevity is longer than that in Nanshan." There are often three friends (pine, bamboo and plum) in calligraphy and painting to show good luck. In paintings, utensils and decorations, there are often "pine and cypress in the same spring", "pine and chrysanthemum in the same spring" and "fairy pot in the same celebration" (clusters of bottles such as pine branches, daffodils, plum blossoms and Ganoderma lucidum).
16, begonia
Bright flowers make the house rich, while the flower of Tang Di symbolizes the harmony and happiness of brothers.
17, ginkgo tree
Ginkgo tree is over 1000 years old. Because it blooms at night, people can't see it, and it hides mysterious power. Therefore, the seals of many town houses should be carved with ginkgo wood.
18, Lotus
Lotus is an aquatic perennial plant of Nymphaeaceae, with many aliases: lotus, water hibiscus, hibiscus, water bloom, water cloud and water lily.
Lotus root can be used as both food and medicine, lotus seed can clear away heat, and lotus root can tonify the middle energizer and replenish qi. Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Doctors feed on it, but all diseases can be cured". Besides its practical value, lotus has a deep cultural origin in China. After Buddhism was established as the state religion in the Tang Dynasty, lotus was deeply loved by people. The hometown of Buddha Sakyamuni is rich in lotus, so Buddhism often refers to the lotus itself. Buddhism also refers to the place where lotus flowers live. Also known as "Lotus World". Buddhist scriptures are called "Lotus Sutra", Buddhists are called "Lotus Platform" or "Lotus Platform", Buddhist temples are called "Lotus Room", temples are called "Lotus Clothes" and so on. Lotus design has also become a symbol of Buddhism. Buddhist buildings, decorations and utensils also have lotus patterns. In China, the lotus is regarded as a gentleman, and those who spend two flowers in one flower are called love in the third place, which means harmony between men and women and love between husband and wife. There are often "two-winged birds live forever and evergreen trees, spend a long time to save their homes" and so on. Lotus homophones are "clean" and "clean" (life), and folk customs have homophones such as "one product is clean" and "Lian Zi is born".
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Divided into water hibiscus and hibiscus mutabilis. Mufurong, also known as Manglietia, Double Happiness, Frost Resistance, etc. Sichuan is rich in flowers in autumn and winter, and the first frost is the most abundant. In the Five Dynasties, Meng Changjun, the queen of Shu, planted hibiscus flowers in Chengtou, and the flowers bloomed like brocade, so later people called Chengdu Jincheng and Rongcheng. Lotus is cold-resistant and blooms in frost, so it is also called "frost resistance". The homonym of hibiscus flower is "hibiscus", which is often combined with peony in the pattern to form "splendor and wealth", both of which have auspicious meaning.
20. Peony
Peony is a shrub of Ranunculaceae. Known as the "flower king" and "rich flower". It is a famous flower in China. There are many kinds of peony, which can be divided into six categories: divine products, famous products, spiritual products, yi pin, functional products and tools. "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "Peony is the first flower group, followed by peony. So peony is called the king of flowers. " In the Song Dynasty, Luoyang Peony had been promoted to the top of the world, so it was called "Luoyang Flower". Peony is rich and beautiful, known as the "rich flower" and is the wealth of the country. Peony has a beautiful color and reputation, which means good luck. Therefore, in gardening, it is often combined with Shoushi as "long life and wealth" and Catharanthus roseus as "rich Changchun" landscape.
2 1, Rose
Rose is an erect shrub of Rosaceae. There are more than 600 kinds of Chinese roses in China. The flowering period is special, also known as moon red. As the Chinese rose blooms all year round, folk customs regard it as an auspicious thing, which means "peace in all seasons". The combination of Chinese rose and Tianzhu has the meaning of "four seasons like spring".
22. Evergreen tree
Evergreen, also known as Millennium Acorus calamus, is a perennial herb. The leaves are fat and the fruit is red. Folklore regards auspiciousness. Building a house, moving a house and giving birth to a child are often used as auspicious symbols. Move to the apartment smoothly, get married and live a long life. In Chinese painting, evergreen images are often used in fabric patterns. The royal family likes to plant evergreen in barrels, which means "unification for ten thousand years" to build a house to live in, hire doctors to drive away corpses, have children, and all happy events are unnecessary. It is an auspicious slogan. Just look at the traditional customs, the people love evergreen.
Note: Plants are not suitable for garden planting.
In addition, the yard is not suitable for planting mulberry trees, which is homophonic with mourning. The ancients thought that melia azedarach could not enter the house, and it was not suitable to use mulberry branches and melia azedarach wood and furniture as building doors and windows. Things that usually have thorns or needles, such as azaleas, roses, cacti, etc., are never suitable to be kept at home, otherwise it will affect the health of family members. In the story, family members may take turns to get sick. There are many plants suitable for home. You can choose some leafy plants to keep at home, turquoise is the best color, and so are flowers. There are violets, evergreen trees, keels, kudzu roots and other varieties. These plants can make family members full of energy and work hard. However, care should be taken. Don't think that you can reap the benefits as long as you invest. If you find the flowers withered, you should cut them off as soon as possible, otherwise your work will be blocked and your family will have bad luck. There are willow, banana, fig, cherry, Manglietia, Yucca, Pterocarya stenoptera, Zelkova, Poplar and so on. In principle, these trees cannot be planted in the gardens of private houses. Because they are fierce trees, it is impossible to bring the good luck that trees have. Especially willows must not be planted in private houses. In short, the indoor greening layout is improper and the plant selection is wrong. It will destroy the geomantic pattern of quadrangles and bring bad consequences to residents' career.